| Nestegis | |
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| Black maire (Nestegis cunninghamii) in New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Tribe: | Oleeae |
| Subtribe: | Oleinae |
| Genus: | Nestegis Raf.[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gymnelaea (Endl.) Spach | |
Nestegis is a genus of flowering plant in the olive family, Oleaceae. There are five currently accepted species in the genus: three species are endemic to New Zealand, while one can be found on New Zealand and Norfolk Island. Another is restricted to Hawaiʻi.[2]
Some species of the related genus Osmanthus are sometimes included here.[3]
- ^ "Nestegis Raf". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 3 April 2006. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Shi-Quan Guo, Min Xiong, Chun-Feng Ji, Zhi-Rong Zhang, De-Zhu Li and Zhi-Yong Zhang, Molecular phylogenetic reconstruction of Osmanthus Lour. (Oleaceae) and related genera based on three chloroplast intergenic spacers, Plant Syst Evol (2011) 294:57–64